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A poem on divine revelation

being an exercise delivered At the Public Commencement at Nassau-Hall, September 28. 1774

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But yet once more the light of truth shall shine
In this obscure sojourn; shall shoot its beam
In morning beauty mild, o'er hill and dale.
See in Bohemia and the lands more west
The heavenly ray of revelation shines,
Fresh kindling up true love and purest zeal.